Perceived Social Support among Male and Female National Handball Players

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Soni and Sanjay Kumar (Department of Applied Psychology, GJUST, Hisar, Haryana)

Social support is a key phenomenon in sports. Because it boosts the spirits of the players. However, there is a huge difference in the amount of social support that the players receive for sports. Some players receive good social support but some of them are deprived from such support from family, friends and society. Gender is one of the crucial factors in social support-related social interactions. On the other hand, the results of the studies on gender differences in social support are not conclusive. So in this study, we try to explore the gender difference in social support among male and female handball players. For the investigation of the study total of 60 handball players (30) male and (30) female were taken within the age group of 15 to 25 were selected as participants of the study. For the assessment of the social support, social support questionnaire developed by Zimet et al. (1988) is used. Group statistics and t-test were applied for the statistical analysis. And a significant difference was observed between male and female handball players on social support. It is observed that female handball players exhibited more perceived social support than male handball players.